AVCA RECOGNIZES 15 AAU MEMBERS IN 30 UNDER 30 LIST

The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) recently announced its 2016 Thirty Under 30 list to honor up-and-coming coaching talent at all levels of volleyball. Fifteen of the 30 coaches recognized are either current or former AAU members from across the nation, including:

• Felicia Arriola, Assistant Coach (Loyola Marymount)
• Jacob Barreau, Assistant Coach (Missouri State University)
• Mayssa Bazzi, Head Coach (Father Gabriel Richard High School)
• Kaitlin DiLuzio, Head Coach (Lawton Chiles High School)
• Travis Fuller, Director of Player and Coach Development (The Academy Volleyball Club)
• Susan Halverson, Assistant Coach (The Ohio State University)
• Abbi Hayes, Assistant Coach (Wingate University)
• Aleah Hayes, Assistant Coach (Columbia College)
• Rachael Kidder, Head Coach (Actyve Volleyball)
• Mitch Lunning, Head Coach (Kairos Elite Volleyball Club)
• Kelli Miller, Assistant Coach (Ball State University)
• Amy Pauly, Assistant Coach (Villanova University)
• Morgan Salow, Assistant Coach (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
• Kayla Walton, Assistant Coach (Hendrix College)
• Alex Wilharm, Assistant Coach (University of Louisville)

“When coaching development is what you do, few days are more gratifying than the one on which you announce the Thirty Under 30 awards,” said AVCA Executive Director Kathy DeBoer. “The number and quality of nominees keeps going up and the diversity of places where we are seeing youthful excellence continues to expand. Our future is bright.”